Do the EBTs say meditation is necessary for stream entry?

[Adutiya]

Here is a related discussion from early last year that raised some points relative to this issue:

Meditation is important but not the main practice

After all the Buddha meditation (i.e the jhanas) appears as number 8 of the 8FP and same as number 8 in the Gradual Training of MN 107. Gradual Training (from MN107) Virtue by maintaining the five precepts Guard the doors of the six sense faculties Be moderate in eating Be devoted to wakefulness (when awake purify the mind of obstructive states) Be possessed of mindfulness and full awareness (in all activities). Resort to a secluded place. Abandon the five hindrances. Enter the jhanas. MN 10…